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Zaria had reached the other end of the mountain with her injured shoulder. She was a stubborn girl, and wanted to know if her poisons where safe. As she checked the hiding place the deerskin was there will all the plants she needed. Great. Her shoulder ached and the crusts on her neck and shoulder where itching as hell. Luckily she knew that that meant that she was healing. The girl realized that now she was on the other side of the mountain she might as well travel to the hot springs to let her wound soak and get that itching crust off without doing too much damage.
The slender female was instantly more cheered up. She kept a brisk pace for one with an injured shoulder and neck. Not too worried about other wolves. She reached the hot springs thinking she earned a well deserved rest. She checked the temperature of the pools, ignoring the ones that were too hot for her liking. The smell coming from the pools took over her STM smell, along with the hot water that was soaking her fur. Zaria didn't need to go too deep for her to be mostly submerged. She found a ledge she should lay on and then the water would cover her back too. She laid her head on the edge so even the wound on her neck would be mostly in the water. The warmth was great for her warm limbs. She might never leave this great bubble bath.
Behati had watched the stranger enter the springs, noting the stiffness in her gait. She looked perturbed, presumably as a result of whatever was causing her pain, and Behati took this as a sure sign that she would not be attacked - at least not straight away. After a few run-ins with the Not So Friendly brigade, the young wolf had learned to stop and look before flouncing up to a complete stranger.
So she crept forward instead, weaving between the steaming pools like a snake. Zaria was half submerged, facing away from the oncoming wolf. Behati announced herself with a short bark, stopping a dozen meters short of the mountain wolf's chosen bathtub. "Isn't it really hot in there?" The pools varied in size and amount of bubbling, but the surface of each one was misty with heat.
Zaria was peacefully enjoying her bath, even closing her eyes and letting her ears fall back in relaxation. Though that was quickly disrupted. She instantly stiffened when she heard the small back from a stranger. She lifted her head way too quickly, which meant the crust on her neck that wasn't too softened yet broke open. A gentle flow of blood was starting to leak into the pool. Zaria scowled at the stranger with a lethal glare. "No," she returned shortly.
The alpha female, khaleesi of the mountain now, didn't appreciated being disturbed in her moment of rest. Her green eyes stayed on the female, looking her straight in her eyes with a dominant expression. She couldn't care less if that would spark some aggression in the other female. Zaria scouted this surroundings and she happened to know that a few pools around here were scalding hot. She could easily push the other in if she was really going to bother her.
The stranger shot Behati a sour look. A dismissive reply followed, eliciting a grimace from the Plateau wolf. "Well fine then," she huffed, and turned to leave. Steam carried the scent of Zaria's blood into the air - a clean, coppery scent, as yet untainted by infection. Behati cruelled wished for the wounds to fester, sent the thought into the universe, and headed north without a backwards glance. The hot springs were large enough for both of them, and there was plenty of territory still to explore. Perhaps she would find one large enough to swim around in.
Zaria placed her head down again, not caring much about the female and that she was mentally cursing her. Zaria was rather distanced to strangers so that she hadn't bluntly ignored her was almost a compliment. The girl was really vain and liked to keep up her beauty. These warm baths were very necessary for her wounds to stay without infection. At least that itchy crust would be off.
Zaria couldn't close her eyes knowing that there was another female around instead she just kept her eyes on her. Studying what the female was doing.